Spec me a Linux

Woden · 26 Nov 2015 at 23:59

As the title.

Used to be an avid Gentoo USSR but now just can't really be bothered with it all. Just want to install and use really.

Main uses will be Android Studio, Chrome and Steam. I'm guessing I'll just end up with some flavour of Ubuntu. Not the main one, because Unity looks god-aweful.

Woden · 27 Nov 2015 at 00:14

I haven't used Fedora since something like v2

How nicely will mint work with my AMD r9 290?

Woden · 14 Dec 2015 at 20:54

I guess OS is very much a personal preference. For me, one set up I just get work done better in Linux rather than Windows. If I can get a steam game or two going then cool, but it's not a deal breaker. Good excuse to try CS:GO.

I'll give a few a go at the weekend, I should get Saturday off, first one in a couple of months (logistics at this time of year is hell for me, heaven for my bank balance). I'll probably XMonad too much!

Woden · 19 Dec 2015 at 21:01

It would be interesting to see the difference of open source and closed source drivers. Not to mention kernel optimisations.

I know that's probably out of scope for most steamos users. But many, like myself, are perfectly comfortable compiling the kernel for our hardware or switching drivers.